Trina Schart Hyman
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illustrator
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of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and was the recipient of three Caldecott Honors and one Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H. Schart, she grew up in a rural area of Pennsylvania and learned to read and draw at an early age. Her favorite story as a child was Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....
, and she spent an entire year of her childhood wearing a red cape.
She enrolled at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts
University of the Arts (Philadelphia)
The University of the Arts is one of the United States' oldest universities dedicated to the arts. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia...
in 1956, but moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 after marrying Harris Hyman, a mathematician and engineer. She graduated from School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is an undergraduate and graduate college located in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the visual arts. It is affiliated with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in partnership with Tufts University...
, in 1960.
The couple then moved to Stockholm, Sweden, for two years, where Trina studied at the Konstfackskolan (Swedish State Art School) and illustrated her first children's book, titled Toffe och den lilla bilen (Toffe and the Little Car).
In 1963, the couple's daughter, Katrin Tchana (née Hyman), was born, but in 1968, they divorced, and Trina and Katrin moved to Lyme, New Hampshire
Lyme, New Hampshire
Lyme is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,716 at the 2010 census. Lyme is home to the Chaffee Natural Area. The Dartmouth Skiway is in the eastern part of town, near the village of Lyme Center...
. Trina lived for some time with the children's writer and editor Barbara Rogasky (with whom she collaborated on several projects). For about the last decade of her life, her romantic partner was teacher Jean K. Aull.
She was the first art director
Art director
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of Cricket
Cricket (magazine)
Cricket is an illustrated literary magazine for children published in the United States, founded in September 1973 by Marianne Carus, whose intent was to create "The New Yorker for children." Marianne Carus still serves as the magazine's editor-in-chief.Each issue of Cricket is 64 pages...
Magazine from 1973 to 1979 but contributed regularly to the publication until her death. Her books have won numerous awards, including a Caldecott Honor for illustrating Little Red Riding Hood in 1984, the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for Saint George and the Dragon
Saint George and the Dragon (book)
Saint George and the Dragon is a book written by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Released by Little, Brown, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1985. The text is adapted from Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene....
by Margaret Hodges
Margaret Hodges
Margaret "Peggy" Hodges was an American writer of books for children.She was born Sarah Margaret Moore in Indianapolis, Indiana to Arthur Carlisle and Annie Marie Moore. She enrolled at Tudor Hall, a college preparatory school for girls. A 1932 graduate of Vassar College, she arrived in...
in 1985, and Caldecott Honors for Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel
Eric Kimmel
Eric A. Kimmel is an American Jewish author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book and Newbury Honor Book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins , and Sydney Taylor Book Award winners The Chanukkah Guest and Gershon's Monster.Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York and...
in 1990 and A Child's Calendar by John Updike
John Updike
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic....
in 2000; an honor book in the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
The Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards were first presented by The Boston Globe and Horn Book Magazine in 1967. They are among the most prestigious honors in the United States in the field of children’s and young adult literature...
s for illustration in 1968 for All in Free but Janey and in 1978 for On to Widecombe Fair, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for illustration in 1973 for King Stork. Many of her illustrations can be quite complex. For example, in one scene in Saint George and the Dragon, the dragon's tail stretches into the border artwork of the next page.
She is also considered one of the first white American illustrators (after Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats
Ezra Jack Keats , Caldecott-winning author of The Snowy Day, was one of the most important children's literature authors and illustrators of the 20th Century....
) to incorporate black characters into her illustrations regularly, as a matter of principle, in large part triggered by her daughter's marriage to a man from Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
. Her grandchildren appear in several of her books.
She died from breast cancer
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...
at 65, on November 19, 2004 . The third book she completed with her daughter was published in 2006, which was titled Changing Woman and Her Sisters, Goddesses from Around the World.
A print portfolio was created from this book by Katrin Tchana and the Child at Heart Gallery.
Wrote/Adapted and Illustrated
- How Six Found Christmas, 1969.
- (Reteller) The Sleeping BeautySleeping BeautySleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...
, from the Brothers GrimmBrothers GrimmThe Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
, 1977. - A Little Alphabet, 1980.
- Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman, 1981.
- (Reteller) Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....
, from the Brothers GrimmBrothers GrimmThe Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
, 1983. - The Enchanted Forest, 1984.
Illustrated
- Hertha Von Gebhardt, Toffe och den lilla bilen, 1961.
- Carl Memling, Riddles, Riddles, from A to Z, 1963.
- Melanie Bellah, Bow Wow! Meow!, 1963.
- Sandol S. Warburg, Curl Up Small, 1964.
- Eileen O'Faolain, Children of the Salmon, 1965.
- All Kinds of Signs, 1965.
- Ruth SawyerRuth SawyerRuth Sawyer was the professional name of Ruth Sawyer Durand , an American children's writer.- Biography :She was raised in New York City with an affluent family...
, Joy to the World: Christmas Legends, 1966. - Joyce Varney, The Magic Maker, 1966.
- Virginia HavilandVirginia HavilandVirginia Haviland was an authority in children's literature and specialized in fairy tales. She is best known for her Favorite Fairy Tales series, featuring 16 countries....
, reteller, Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia, 1966. - Edna Butler Trickey, Billy Finds Out, 1966.
- E. B. Trickey, Billy Celebrates, 1966.
- Jacob D. Townsend, The Five Trials of the Pansy Bed, 1967.
- Elizabeth Johnson, Stuck with Luck, 1967.
- Josephine Poole, Moon Eyes, 1967.
- John T. Moore, Cinnamon Seed, 1967.
- Paul Tripp, The Little Red Flower, 1968.
- Eve Merriam, reteller, Epaminondas, 1972.
- J. Varney, The Half-Time Gypsy, 1968.
- E. Johnson, All in Free but Janey, 1968.
- Norah Smaridge, I Do My Best, 1968.
- Betty M. Owen and Mary MacEwen, editors, Wreath of Carols, 1968.
- Tom McGowen, Dragon Stew, 1969.
- Susan Meyers, The Cabin on the Fjord, 1969.
- Peter Hunter Blair, The Coming of Pout, 1969.
- Clyde R. Bulla, The Moon Singer, 1969.
- Ruth NicholsRuth Nichols (author)Joanna Ruth Nichols is a Canadian author, primarily of children's literature and historical fiction. She wrote her first published novel, A Walk Out of the World, at age 18.-Education:...
, A Walk Out of the World, 1969. - Claudia Paley, Benjamin the True, 1969.
- P. Tripp, The Vi-Daylin Book of Minnie the Mump, 1970.
- Donald J. SobolDonald J. SobolDonald J. Sobol is an award-winning writer in Miami, Florida. He is best known for his children's books, especially the Encyclopedia Brown mystery series.-Background:...
, Greta the Strong, 1970. - Blanche Luria Serwer, reteller, Let's Steal the Moon: Jewish Tales, Ancient and Recent, 1970.
- Mollie HunterMollie HunterMaureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith, more commonly known as Mollie Hunter , is a Scottish writer. Born and bred near Edinburgh in the small village of Longniddry. She currently resides in Inverness. Her debut was The Smartest Man in Ireland in 1963. She writes fantasy for children, historical stories...
, The Walking Stones: A Story of Suspense, 1970. - Tom McGowen, Sir MacHinery, 1970.
- Phyllis Krasilovsky, The Shy Little Girl, 1970.
- The Pumpkin Giant, retold by Ellin Greene, 1970.
- Wylly Folk St. John, The Ghost Next Door, 1971.
- Osmond Molarsky, The Bigger They Come, 1971.
- O. Molarsky, Take It or Leave It, 1971.
- Carolyn Meyer, The Bread Book: All about Bread and How to Make It, 1971.
- E. Johnson, Break a Magic Circle, 1971.
- E. Greene, reteller, Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man, 1971.
- Eleanor CameronEleanor CameronEleanor Frances Butler Cameron was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was The Unheard Music, published in 1950.-Life:...
, A Room Made of Windows, 1971. - Eleanor Clymer, How I Went Shopping and What I Got, 1972.
- Dori White, Sarah and Katie, 1972.
- Ruth Nichols, The Marrow of the World, 1972.
- Eva Moore, The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Andersen, 1972.
- Jan Wahl, Magic Heart, 1972.
- P. Krasilovsky, The Popular Girls Club, 1972.
- Paula Hendrich, Who Says So?, 1972.
- Myra Cohn Livingston, editor, Listen, Children, Listen: An Anthology of Poems for the Very Young, 1972.
- Carol Ryrie BrinkCarol Ryrie BrinkCarol Ryrie Brink was an American author of over thirty juvenile and adult books. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal...
, The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein, 1972. - Howard PyleHoward PyleHoward Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.__FORCETOC__...
, King Stork, 1973. - Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...
, The Ugly Duckling and Two Other Stories, edited by Lillian Moore, 1973. - Phyllis La Farge, Joanna Runs Away, 1973.
- E. Greene, compiler, Clever Cooks: A Concoction of Stories, Recipes and Riddles, 1973.
- C. R. Brink, Caddie Woodlawn, revised edition, 1973.
- Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Wanderers, 1973.
- Eleanor G. Vance, The Everything Book, 1974.
- Doris Gates, Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter, 1974.
- Dorothy S. Carter, editor, Greedy Mariani and Other Folktales of the Antilles, 1974.
- Charles CausleyCharles CausleyCharles Stanley Causley, CBE, FRSL was a Cornish poet, schoolmaster and writer. His work is noted for its simplicity and directness and for its associations with folklore, especially when linked to his native Cornwall....
, Figgie HobbinFiggie HobbinFiggie Hobbin: Poems for Children is a children's poetry collection written by the Cornish poet Charles Causley and first published in 1970. Since then it has gone through numerous reprints, including a notable version published in the U.S...
, 1974. - Charlotte Herman, You've Come a Long Way, Sybil McIntosh: A Book of Manners and Grooming for Girls, 1974.
- J. Grimm and W. Grimm, Snow White, translated from the German by Paul Heins, 1974.
- Jean FritzJean FritzJean Guttery Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer.-Life:Jean Fritz was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived until she was thirteen. She was an only child . Growing up, Fritz kept a journal about her days in China with Lin Nai-Nai...
, Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?, 1974. - March Wiesbauer, The Big Green Bean, 1974.
- Tobi Tobias, The Quitting Deal, 1975.
- Margaret Kimmel, Magic in the Mist, 1975.
- Jane Curry, The Watchers, 1975.
- Louise Moeri, Star Mother's Youngest Child, 1975.
- Jean Fritz, Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?, 1976.
- Daisy Wallace, editor, Witch Poems, 1976.
- William SleatorWilliam SleatorWilliam Warner Sleator III , known as William Sleator, was an American science fiction author who wrote primarily young adult novels but also wrote for younger readers. His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then...
, Among the Dolls, 1976. - Tobi Tobias, Jane, Wishing, 1977.
- Spiridon Vangheli, Meet Guguze, 1977.
- Norma Farber, Six Impossible Things before Breakfast, 1977.
- Betsy Hearne, South Star, 1977.
- Patricia Gauch, On to Widecombe Fair, 1978.
- Betsy Hearne, Home, 1979.
- Norma Farber, How Does It Feel to Be Old?, 1979.
- Pamela Stearns, The Mechanical Doll, 1979.
- Barbara S. Hazen, Tight Times, 1979.
- Daisy Wallace, editor, Fairy Poems, 1980.
- J. M. BarrieJ. M. BarrieSir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright...
, Peter PanPeter PanPeter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
, 1980. - Elizabeth G. Jones, editor, Ranger Rick's Holiday Book, 1980.
- Kathryn LaskyKathryn LaskyKathryn Lasky is an American author whose work includes several Dear America books, The Royal Diaries books, Sugaring Time, The Night Journey, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.-Biography:...
, The Night Journey, 1981. - Jean Fritz, The Man Who Loved Books, 1981.
- J. Grimm and W. Grimm, Rapunzel, retold by Barbara Rogasky, 1982.
- Margaret Mary Kimmel and Elizabeth Segel, For Reading Out Loud! A Guide to Sharing Books with Children, 1983.
- Mary Calhoun, Big Sixteen, 1983.
- Astrid LindgrenAstrid LindgrenAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
, Ronia the Robber's DaughterRonia the Robber's DaughterRonia the Robber's Daughter is a children's fantasy book by the noted Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, first published in 1981. In the film based on the story, Ronia was played by Hanna Zetterberg Struwe.- Plot summary:...
, 1983. - Charles DickensCharles DickensCharles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
, A Christmas Carol: In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of ChristmasA Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of...
, 1983. - M. C. Livingston, Christmas Poems, 1984.
- (With Hilary Knight and others) Pamela Espeland and Marilyn Waniek, The Cat Walked through the Casserole: And Other Poems for Children, 1984.
- Margaret HodgesMargaret HodgesMargaret "Peggy" Hodges was an American writer of books for children.She was born Sarah Margaret Moore in Indianapolis, Indiana to Arthur Carlisle and Annie Marie Moore. She enrolled at Tudor Hall, a college preparatory school for girls. A 1932 graduate of Vassar College, she arrived in...
, Saint George and the Dragon: A Golden Legend Adapted from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queen, 1984. - Elizabeth WinthropElizabeth WinthropElizabeth Winthrop is a female author whose work is largely children's fiction. She is the daughter of Stewart Alsop and currently resides in New York CityHer book The Castle in the Attic was awarded the 1987 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award...
, The Castle in the Attic, 1985. - Dylan ThomasDylan ThomasDylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
, A Child's Christmas in WalesA Child's Christmas in WalesA Child's Christmas in Wales is a prose work by the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. Originally emerging from a piece written for radio, the poem was recorded by Thomas in 1952. The story is an anecdotal retelling of a Christmas from the view of a young child and is a romanticised version of Christmases...
, 1985. - J. Grimm and W. Grimm, The Water of Life, retold by B. Rogasky, 1986.
- Vivian Vande VeldeVivian Vande VeldeVivian Vande Velde is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults. She currently resides in Rochester, New York....
, A Hidden Magic, 1986. - Myra Cohn Livingston, compiler, Cat Poems, 1987.
- Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court...
, 1988. - Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey...
, Canterbury Tales, adapted by Barbara Cohen, 1988. - (With Marcia Brown and others) Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, compiler, Sing a Song of Popcorn, 1988.
- Swan Lake, retold by Margot Fonteyn, 1989.
- Eric Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, 1989.
- Margaret Hodges, The Kitchen Knight: A Tale from King Arthur, 1990.
- B. Rogasky, compiler and editor, Winter Poems, 1991.
- Lloyd AlexanderLloyd AlexanderLloyd Chudley Alexander was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books...
, The Fortune-Tellers, 1992. - Marion Dane Bauer, Ghost Eye, 1992.
- Eric A. Kimmel, reteller, Iron John, 1994.
- Kimmel, reteller, The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol, 1995.
- Barbara Rogasky, The Golem: A Version, 1996.
- Margaret Hodges, adapter, Comus, 1996.
- Angela Shelf Medearis, Haunts: Five Hair-Raising Tales, 1996.
- Howard PyleHoward PyleHoward Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.__FORCETOC__...
, Bearskin, 1997. - John UpdikeJohn UpdikeJohn Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic....
, A Child's Calendar, 1999. - Katrin Tchana, reteller, The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women, 2000.
- Sherry Garland, Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam, 2001.
- Katrin Tchana, Sense Pass King: A Tale from Cameroon, 2002.
- Dean Whitlock, "Sky Carver", 2005
- Contributor of illustrations to textbooks and Cricket magazine.
- Katrin Tchana, Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Goddesses from Around the World, 2006.
Adaptations
- Dragon Stew was adapted as a filmstrip with record, BFA Educational Media, 1975; Tight Times was filmed as a "Reading Rainbow" special, PBS-TV, 1983; Little Red Riding Hood was adapted as a filmstrip with cassette, Listening Library, 1984.